Council of the Great City Schools Background Findings Conclusions and Recommendations Instructional Materials for English Language Learners in Urban Public Schools Survey created to gauge quality availability and value of ELL instructional materials ID: 802729
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Instructional Materials for English Language Learners in Urban Public Schools, 2012-13
Council of the Great City Schools
Slide2BackgroundFindingsConclusions and Recommendations
Instructional Materials for English Language Learners in Urban Public Schools
Slide3Survey created to gauge quality, availability, and value of ELL instructional materials.
Distributed across various networks The Council extracted data specifically for respondents from member districts which consisted of:284 respondents (58 percent of total responses)
44 districts
Background
Slide4Percentage of respondents by position/title, 2012 (n=284)
Slide5Percentage of CGCS respondents by subjects taught, 2012 (n=284)
Slide6Percentage of CGCS respondents indicating the percentage range of ELL students at their school, 2012 (n=250)
Slide7Percentage of CGCS respondents selecting statement that best describes ELL instruction at their school, 2012 (n=218)
Slide8ELLs and the Common Core
Slide9ELLs and the Common Core
Implementing instruction shifts
Using specific strategies for ELLs
to meet CCSS
About half of all ELL and general education teachers do not feel prepared to implement instructional shifts required by the Common Core.
Nearly
half of ELL and general education teachers do not feel prepared to use specific strategies for ELLs to meet the CCSS
60 percent of
school administrators feel prepared
to implement the instructional shifts
of the CCSS.
80 percent of
school administrators feel prepared
to use
specific strategies for ELLs
Two-thirds of district-level
ELL Directors
did not feel prepared
to implement the instructional shifts.
Majority
of district level
ELL Directors do not feel prepared
to use specific strategies to ensure ELLs meet the CCSS.
Slide10Percentage of CGCS respondents indicating how they choose instructional materials for ELLs, 2012 (n=218)
Slide11Selecting and acquiring materials for ELLs are difficult, time consuming and expensive (Figure 11).In schools were over 30 percent of students are considered ELL, the largest issue was the difficulty and time consuming nature of the process (Table 3).
Challenges in selecting and acquiring ELL instructional materials
Slide12Percentage of CGCS respondents using various types of instructional materials for ELL students, 2012 (n=284
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Slide13How well do materials meet criteria?
Slide14Rating the quality of ELL Materials
Slide15Developing criteria for instructional materials
Improving the selection of quality instructional materials for ELLs.
Calling out the need for high-quality
professional development for general education and ESL teachers in ELL strategies that are aligned to the Common Core State Standards.
Ensuring
that high-quality ELL instructional materials are readily accessible for general education and ESL teachers.
Conclusions and Ongoing Projects